Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Marijuana Addiction Is Real, According to Scientists, But It’s Not the Same as Other Drugs
I didn’t know anything about this piece in Mic.com until a colleague at CHA pointed it out. The article makes the point that even though heavy users of marijuana don’t experience the dramatic withdrawal effects that heavy users of alcohol … Continue reading
When You Suspect a Colleague is Impaired
Just released piece on QuantiaMD about referring a colleague to a PHP. Find it here.
Ed Snowden/Glenn Greenwald
If the US actually supports our Constitutional right to free speech, then both of these individuals deserve an award from our country.
A Call for National Standards and Oversight of State Physician Health Program
My paper of the same title was just published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The title sums up the essence of the paper, namely that since other healthcare entities (such as hospitals and residency training programs) are subject to … Continue reading
Deciding Whether To Refer a Colleague to a Physician Health Program
I have a new piece out in the AMA Journal of Ethics about physician health programs. You can find it here.
Physician Health Programs can help but warrant oversight, scrutiny, and regular audits
See the recent Medscape article on this topic here. I have a piece coming out soon in the AMA Journal of Ethics on this topic soon.
My piece in Newsweek about the APA, Harsh Interrogations, and Close Ties with the Dept of Defense and the CIA
See the full article here.
Letter in the Boston Globe about the American Psychological Association’s collaboration and collusion with the Dept of Defense and the CIA regarding torture
Click here to see my letter to the Globe. Some psychologists fought mightily for years to change the course of the AMA on torture. Some of these individuals were horribly maligned by the APA in the process. Hats off to … Continue reading
CDC Receives Millions from Big Pharma: Does it Affect their Recommendations and Endorsements?
The British Medical Journal recently published a report, which you can find here, details the extent to which the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has been accepting significant amounts of money from the pharmaceutical industry (among others) and highlights some … Continue reading
Psychologists and Torture
A day after I wrote this piece for theconversation.com about psychologists and torture, the New York Times highlighted a newly issued report that details the extent to which senior level members of the American Psychological Association (APA) conspired with the … Continue reading